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Vegetarian fine dining is a growing trend as high-end restaurants cater to discerning diners looking for food with full-on flavour that’s lighter on their digestion and the planet.

As dietary choices become a driving force for change in the world, meat-free menus are on the rise. In South Africa, chefs are responding to these dining trends by creating dishes that are satisfying despite being animal-protein free; and by serving innovative vegetable-based dishes people can’t make for themselves at home.

Ciaran McCarthy at Karkloof Spa in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands was one of the first chefs in South Africa to elevate raw and vegan food to five-star dining standards. Though the raw-food menus at Karkloof are a way for clients to cleanse and lose weight, McCarthy’s flavour combinations and presentation ensure a sophisticated and refined vegan dining experience.

The chefs at Babel restaurant at Babylonstoren boutique hotel, near Paarl, have arguably the Cape’s largest and loveliest outdoor larder to raid for their virtually vegetarian menus. Just-picked garden produce, served au naturel, forms the core of this colour-coded, anti-oxidant-packed, seasonal smorgasboard.

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